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burlingk@×××××××××.mil escribió: |
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>> -----Original Message----- |
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>> From: lunarcrisis@×××××.com [mailto:lunarcrisis@×××××.com] On |
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>> Behalf Of Henk Boom |
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>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:08 AM |
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>> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? |
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>> On 16/07/07, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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>> <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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>>> because gplv3 removes freedom? |
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>> As far as I remember from when I read it, it does not take |
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>> any freedoms which the previous versions did not intend to. |
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>> The purpose of the GPL is to protect the 4 freedoms. This |
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>> instalment just closes loopholes in the previous versions |
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>> which would allow these freedoms to be infringed upon. |
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>> Henk Boom |
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> The four freedoms: |
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> Freedom 0: The freedom to run a program for any purpose. |
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> Freedom 1: To study the way a program works, and adapt it to your needs. |
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> Freedom 2: To redistribute copies so that you can help your neighbors. |
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> Freedom 3: Improve the program, and release your improvements to |
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> the public, so that the whole community benefits. |
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> For freedom 1 and 3 to work, the code must be open. |
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> Freedom 1 is just as important as the other three. Freedom one is |
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> almost eliminated in GPLv3. Freedom One is the freedom that was |
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> most whole heartedly expressed in the original manifesto. |
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> Freedom 3 is the one that GPLv3 is making most important now. |
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> It does so to the detriment of the other three. |
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I'm not very into licenses and hence my question may seem evident (or |
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even stupid) but still... does not Freedom 3 imply Freedom 1? I mean, |
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how can you improve a program without being able to study it? |
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